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title: "4 Pencil Sketches Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [In middle school, I started to draw, and my pencil sketches were huge. They were these 4ft by 3ft drawings, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-kinney/in-middle-school-i-started-to-draw-and-my-pencil-sketches-were-huge/)

[Jeff Kinney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-kinney/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/jeff-kinney-4064_attention_in-middle-school-i-started-to-draw-and-m_99861.png)

> [The kitchen was bright, cheerful yellow, the walls decorated with framed chalk and pencil sketches Simon and Rebecca had done in grade…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/the-kitchen-was-bright-cheerful-yellow-the-walls-decorated-with/)

[Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/cassandra-clare-9_chalk_the-kitchen-was-bright-cheerful-yellow-t_364153.jpg)

> [I don't believe in making pencil sketches and then painting landscape in your studio. You must be right under the sky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-merritt-chase/i-don-t-believe-in-making-pencil-sketches-and-then-painting-landscape/)

[William Merritt Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-merritt-chase/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/william-merritt-chase-33855_artist_i-don-t-believe-in-making-pencil-sketche_818430.jpg)

> [The most interesting studio work, and perhaps the most practicable, is painting from pencil sketches and notes... It ensures the elimination of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/the-most-interesting-studio-work-and-perhaps-the-most-practicable-is/)

[Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4da/walter-j-phillips-8536_effects_the-most-interesting-studio-work-and-per_1375018.jpg)

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